N57608

Piper PA-36-285

Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Safety history

  • April 24, 1986Accident

    SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF A LOSS OF PWR OCCURRED ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENG VIBRATION. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE ONTO A HIGHWAY WHERE A X-WIND EXISTED. DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST AND THE ACFT VEERED INTO A DITCH AND STRUCK A FENCE BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. NO REASON FOR THE PWR LOSS COULD BE DETERMINED.

    Piper PA-36

  • October 1, 1982Accident

    WHILE LANDING ON A FARM ROAD TO PICK UP SEED, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR ENCOUNTERED A SOFT AREA ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN DRIFTING TO THE LEFT AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE USE OF RIGHT RUDDER AND BRAKE. IT TRAVERSED A RECENTLY-FILLED DITCH. AS THE RIGHT GEAR ENCOUNTERED THE SOFT SURFACE, IT COLLAPSED.

    Piper PA-36